Dartmouth skates to win over Stang, falls to Whalers in holiday tourney

Wednesday

Dec 31, 2008 at 12:01 AM

NEW BEDFORD — It could have been better, but it could have been a lot worse for the Dartmouth High School hockey team.

Ian Abreu

NEW BEDFORD — It could have been better, but it could have been a lot worse for the Dartmouth High School hockey team.

The Indians (1-1) drew even this past weekend in the annual New Bedford Christmas Tournament, beating cross-town rival Bishop Stang, 4-1, on Saturday, but fell to a very powerful New Bedford team, 5-4 on Sunday in the final round. Both games were non-league contests for the Indians.

Freshman forward Ryan Gouveia stole the spotlight in the first game as his two-goal effort helped spark the Dartmouth offense. Sophomore forwards Karl Jorgenson and Josh Sullivan each accounted for a goal as well.

The Dartmouth offense got some help on the other end of the ice too, with sophomore goaltender Ryan McCarthy playing strong between the pipes, turning away 17 Bishop Stang (1-1) shots on the evening.

Dartmouth jumped on the scoreboard right out of the gate as Sullivan tipped home defenseman Nick DeMello's blast from the point at 2:01 of the first period to give the Indians a 1-0 lead.

On top by only a goal (2-1), with the clock winding down in the third period, and in dire need of some very important insurance, the Indians received just that when Jorgenson re-directed a pass from defenseman Jacob Vieira past Bishop Stang goalie Murphy Lester at 9:02 to put Dartmouth on top 3-1. Gouveia capped off the scoring with time winding down with an empty net tally.

The second game went on to be the "Andrew Medeiros Show" as the New Bedford senior forward accumulated five points (three goals, two assists) in handing Dartmouth a very difficult 5-4 loss.

Dartmouth had four different goal scorers in this game with Tyler Edmunson, Jake Chouinard, Garrett Allen, and Joe Marshall each finding the back of the net. Gouveia continued his early season point steak by picking up an assist, giving him three points already on the young season. Jorgenson also accounted for a helper, boosting his point total to two.